Suoratoistoin

Suoratoistoin is a Finnish inflected form of the noun suoratoisto, which means streaming or live streaming. The form is primarily of linguistic interest, representing one of the rarely used case endings in Finnish grammar. It is not a standalone lexical word in everyday use, but rather a surface form that appears in descriptive grammar discussions to illustrate how Finnish nouns can take instrumental or instructive suffixes.

In standard modern Finnish, the most common ways to express “by streaming” or “through streaming” would use other inflectional patterns, such as adessive or translative constructions, depending on the exact syntactic role. The suoratoistoin form is typically encountered in linguistic descriptions, historical language material, or highly formal or literary contexts. Because it is uncommon in contemporary speech and writing, it is largely of interest to students of Finnish grammar and language historians rather than a component of everyday vocabulary.

The noun suoratoisto itself belongs to the field of media terminology, denoting the act or technology of delivering audio or video content over the internet as a continuous stream. Derivative terms include suoratoistopalvelut (streaming services) and various compounds related to streaming media. Suoratoistoin, as a grammatical form, does not carry a separate semantic sense beyond its role as a case ending, and its usage is primarily of descriptive or instructional value.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish cases, streaming (media).